En Route

We are on our way! Right now, we're sitting in the Amsterdam airport waiting for our flight to Budapest. We had a mostly uneventful first leg of the trip. In Detroit, we walked through an interesting tunnel between gates. It played music and had lights that changed in time to the music. Here's a link to a somewhat blurry picture I took. Brad said it's a bit of a rip-off of Chicago... what do you think? http://twitpic.com/61f0y5/full
We had a bit of a tight timeline between flights, and we underestimated how early international flights board, We split up to grab snacks, and there were a few moments of panic that our whole team might not make it to the gate on time, but it all turned out fine. We had *several* minutes to spare ;-)

The Amsterdam airport is an interesting mix of styles. We've seen everything from pink 50's throw-back tile on the walls, to neon lights arched over the walkway. We're spending our layover in the "park". It's an area with couches, recliners, plants and it's complete with soothing bird and runner water noises. The whole area is decorated to look like a park:

Don't mind my shoulder in the shot - I snapped this with the webcam on my very tiny, mini laptop.

Now that we have caffeinated ourselves with Starbucks, we can hopefully stay awake for many more hours! Most of our team didn't sleep much on the plane, and of course with the overnight flights, just about the time you finish your movie and settle down to try and sleep, the breakfast cart makes the rounds! We have an exciting day ahead of us - I hear it involves the best fish restaurant in all of Szeged. Stay tuned for more about our trip!

~E